Re: Conflict resolution?

["Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>]

Christopher Ambler writes:
> >Jon Postel of IANA sent to several lists after this 'incident'...
> >
> >>The suggestion that the IANA is accepting money to reserve new
> >>top-level domain is completely false.
> >>
> >>The IANA has not accepted any money in any form from anyone for domain
> >>name registration, name reservation, or other top level domain related
> >>function.
> 
> Robert, I have to tell you that this is, in no uncertain terms, a lie.
> 
> I have an envelope, sealed, with our check returned to us from IANA.
> The fact that they returned it would tend to indicate that they accepted
> it in the first place. Bill Manning took the envelope from my hand in
> the IANA offices, in the presence of witnesses.

Hold on a second.  If they never cashed the check, they never accepted
payment. Taking delivery of an envelope in front of witnesses is not
the same as accepting money, and the fact that they returned your
check rather than cashing it indicates that they refused payment.

To recap, you have said, in response to Jon Postel's comment
> Robert, I have to tell you that this is, in no uncertain terms, a lie.

Repeating what Postel said:

> >>The suggestion that the IANA is accepting money to reserve new
> >>top-level domain is completely false.
> >>
> >>The IANA has not accepted any money in any form from anyone for domain
> >>name registration, name reservation, or other top level domain related
> >>function.

Examining the facts, I cannot see how the IANA returning, uncashed, a
check that you handed them, can be considered inconsistent with Jon
Postel's comment that the IANA has not accepted money for domainr
egistrations or anything similar. Calling Jon's comment "in no
uncertain terms, a lie" as you have is not a reasonable conclusion to
draw from the given evidence.


Perry
Speaking for myself, not the IANA or IAHC